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Doiran Military Cemetery

Doiran Military Cemetery

📍 Doirani, Δοϊράνη, Grecia

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Doiran Military Cemetery is situated in the north of Greece close to the Macedonia border and near the south-east shore of Lake Doiran. It is approximately 2 kilometres north west of Drossato village behind and to the west of Doirani village and is reached via a farm track. From Thessaloniki take the Thessaloniki – Kilkis National Road north for approximately 70 km following the directions for the town of Kilkis until you come to a crossroads with the town of Drossato on your right. Turn left at this crossroad following the signs for Doirani Village/Lake and Customs. Continue on this road for approximately 2 km where you shall pick up the CWGC signs on the outskirts of the village that shall lead you around the village of Doirani and to the cemetery. The Doiran Memorial, is on what was called Colonial Hill, it can be seen from a distance and is clearly signposted. The cemetery (originally known as Colonial Hill Cemetery No.2) was formed at the end of 1916 as a cemetery for the Doiran front. The graves are almost entirely those of officers and men of the 22nd and 26th Divisions and largely reflect the fighting of April and May 1917 (the attacks on the Petit-Couronne), and 18-19 September 1918 (the attacks on Pip Ridge and the Grand-Couronne). In October and November 1918, after the final advance, a few burials took place from the 25th Casualty Clearing Station. After the Armistice, graves were brought into the cemetery from the battlefields and from by some small burial grounds, the most important of which was Strumnitza British Military Cemetery, north-west of Doiran, made by the 40th Casualty Clearing Station in October and November 1918. DOIRAN MILITARY CEMETERY now contains 1,338 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 449 of them unidentified. There are also one French and 45 Greek war graves. The DOIRAN MEMORIAL, which stands near the cemetery, serves the dual purpose of Battle Memorial of the British Salonika Force (for which a large sum of money was subscribed by the officers and men of that force), and place of commemoration for more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen who died in Macedonia and whose graves are not known. The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer with sculpture by Walter Gilbert.

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Deceased (897)

Leonard Jones

Leonard Jones

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Andrew Robertson

Andrew Robertson

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Francis William Scougal

Francis William Scougal

1884 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Oliver Mark Thomas Harmer

Oliver Mark Thomas Harmer

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Ernest Wardell

Ernest Wardell

1885 – 1916

Doiran Military Cemetery

Harold John Ward

Harold John Ward

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

J Williams

J Williams

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

John James Adlam

John James Adlam

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

W Robinson

W Robinson

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Harry Jones

Harry Jones

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Arthur William Broughton

Arthur William Broughton

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Joseph John Shepherd

Joseph John Shepherd

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

G Saunders

G Saunders

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

S Harwood

S Harwood

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

J. Cleary

J. Cleary

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

26944 Private J Cleary Royal Scots Fusiliers 19th September 1918 RIP

P Daley

P Daley

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Charles Fielder

Charles Fielder

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

J. McConnell

J. McConnell

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

13224 Corporal J McConnell South Lancashire Regt 18th September 1918

R Taylor

R Taylor

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Albert Harris

Albert Harris

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

George David Shaw

George David Shaw

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

J Sheehy

J Sheehy

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Henry Cowdrey

Henry Cowdrey

1893 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

HE THAT HATH SUFFERED IN THE FLESH HATH CEASED FROM SIN

W H Henderson

W H Henderson

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

J Pollock

J Pollock

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

E T Mitchell

E T Mitchell

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Harry Hirons

Harry Hirons

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Thomas Eaton

Thomas Eaton

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

J Hyman

J Hyman

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Basil Tomkinson

Basil Tomkinson

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

William Wallace

William Wallace

1897 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

J Sproat

J Sproat

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

R Whitehead

R Whitehead

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Wilkinson Brown

Wilkinson Brown

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Duncan Sinclair McPherson

Duncan Sinclair McPherson

1896 – 1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Thomas Brown

Thomas Brown

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

W Grubb

W Grubb

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Henry “Harry” Royle

Henry “Harry” Royle

1893 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Nathan Green

Nathan Green

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Alfred James Noon

Alfred James Noon

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

G Henshaw

G Henshaw

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Wilfrid Morgan

Wilfrid Morgan

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Archibald Alexander McCrimmon

Archibald Alexander McCrimmon

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Harold Lotz

Harold Lotz

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

John Frank North

John Frank North

1916

Doiran Military Cemetery

A W Plant

A W Plant

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

A C George

A C George

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

M Panayotis

M Panayotis

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Fred Hall

Fred Hall

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Henry Alfred Turner

Henry Alfred Turner

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

M Rigby

M Rigby

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

William Tucker

William Tucker

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

John James Malcolm MacKlin

John James Malcolm MacKlin

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

J Stillie

J Stillie

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

W H Griffiths

W H Griffiths

1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

Robert Nicholls

Robert Nicholls

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Alfred Percy Tarrant

Alfred Percy Tarrant

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

H Foster

H Foster

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

Henry “Harry” Baker

Henry “Harry” Baker

1895 – 1917

Doiran Military Cemetery

William Richard Morgan Maddox

William Richard Morgan Maddox

1918

Doiran Military Cemetery

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